Likud seeks alternatives to track voters despite court ban

Likud is developing a method to monitor voter turnout among its supporters after the Supreme Court banned apps for collecting voter data, amid concerns from other parties about circumventing the judicial ruling.

The Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is seeking alternative means to monitor voter turnout among its supporters at polling stations, following the Supreme Court's ban on using electronic tools to collect and transmit voter data from polling stations to parties. Party sources said the search for an alternative continues until election day. The Supreme Court last month banned the use of the 'Elector' app, and on Thursday invalidated an alternative app called 'Nitzachon 26' (Victory 26), which was designed to count voters at each station. The ruling prohibits party representatives on election committees from digitally counting voters during voting and transmitting data to their parties in real time via smart devices. According to Likud sources, 'innovative ideas' are being explored to determine which party supporters voted, including deploying unofficial representatives outside polling stations using its database.